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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 33A — Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction

§ 1965. Volunteer status

Statutory text

The Secretary of Commerce may accept, without regard to the civil service classification laws, rules, or regulations, the services of the Foundation, the Board, and the officers and employees of the Board, without compensation from the Department of Commerce, as volunteers in the performance of the functions authorized in this title.1

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act

    Pub. L. 109–449 § 115 · 120 Stat. 3333

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1965

    Pub. L. 109–449, § 115, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 115, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1079

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 109–449, § 115, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 115, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1079

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This title, referred to in text, means title I of Pub. L. 116–224, , 134 Stat. 1074, which was classified principally to subchapter I (§ 4211 et seq.) of chapter 55 of this title. Subtitles B and C of title I of Pub. L. 116–224 were transferred to subtitles B and C of Pub. L. 109–449 by Pub. L. 119–65, §§ 3(a), 4(a), , 139 Stat. 1987, 1989, and are classified to this subchapter and subchapter III of this chapter, respectively. Subtitle A of title I of Pub. L. 116–224 amended sections 1951, 1958, and 1959 of this title, and subtitle D of title I of Pub. L. 116–224 is classified to part C (§ 4251) of subchapter I of chapter 55 of this title.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 4215 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 119–65.

Credits

2020–2025 · 2 acts
  1. 2020Pub. L. 109–449, § 115, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 115, , 134 Stat. 1079
  2. 2025renumbered Pub. L. 109–449, § 115, by Pub. L. 119–65, § 3(a), , 139 Stat. 1987.
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(Pub. L. 109–449, § 115, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 115, , 134 Stat. 1079; renumbered Pub. L. 109–449, § 115, by Pub. L. 119–65, § 3(a), , 139 Stat. 1987.)

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